As a part of The Resilience Project, Year 2 have been focusing on Emotional Literacy. They have discussed and explored the concept that all emotions are normal and part of the human experience. Emotions serve a natural purpose and help us to survive and thrive. Year 2 now know that emotions are signals from our body/brain telling us an important message, how we feel about a situation, or that we need something. It is alright to have different emotions about the same situation or to share the same emotion. For example, some of us are frightened of thunderstorms while others enjoy them.

Year 2 spent time discussing and identifying different emotions in class in small groups. They identified how our body reacts to different situations and named the emotions that go with these feelings and actions. Year 2 then had to choose an emotion and illustrate it on a "paddle pop puppet" and write the emotion on their puppet. In groups they shared a time that they have experienced this emotion and the message it was telling them about the situation they were sharing.